# Grade 5: Social studies

A course roadmap (social-studies). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 9 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/la-ss-grade-5

Part of: [Louisiana: Social studies](https://ai.page/roadmap/la-ss.md)

Goal: Louisiana academic standards: Social studies, Grade 5

## 1. Grade 5: The Medieval Period to Early Modern World · Describe the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance as well as the historical developments of the Protestant Reforma

- [Printing Press & Renaissance](https://ai.page/c/printing-press-and-renaissance/index.md): The invention of the printing press by Gutenberg and its arrival in England with William Caxton; how printed books changed everything; the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

## 2. Grade 5: The Medieval Period to Early Modern World · Describe the geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of Medieval West African Kingdoms.

- [Medieval Worlds Beyond Europe](https://ai.page/c/medieval-worlds-beyond-europe/index.md): The medieval world beyond Europe: the Islamic Golden Age (maths, medicine, architecture), the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa, Song Dynasty China; how the medieval world was connected through trade routes like the Silk Road
- [Towns & Trade](https://ai.page/c/towns-and-trade/index.md): The growth of medieval towns: markets, guilds, the merchant class; how towns won charters of self-governance; the shift from purely rural to partly urban life

## 3. Grade 5: The Medieval Period to Early Modern World · Describe the geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of Europe during the Middle Ages.

- [Magna Carta and Limiting Royal Power](https://ai.page/c/magna-carta-and-limiting-royal-power/index.md): King John, the barons' revolt, and the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215; what the Magna Carta said about limiting the king's power; its lasting importance for democracy and rights
- [Medieval Legacy in Modern Life](https://ai.page/c/medieval-legacy-in-modern-life/index.md): What the Middle Ages gave us: Parliament, universities, common law, Gothic architecture, the English language (Anglo-Saxon + Norman French), place names, surnames; why we are still fascinated by the medieval world
- [The Black Death](https://ai.page/c/the-black-death/index.md): The Black Death of 1348-49: what the plague was, how it spread, its devastating death toll; how it changed society by giving surviving workers more power and higher wages
- [The Medieval Church](https://ai.page/c/the-medieval-church/index.md): The enormous power of the medieval Church: monasteries and the daily life of monks and nuns; building great cathedrals; pilgrimage as a religious journey; the Church's influence over everyday life
- [The Crusades](https://ai.page/c/the-crusades/index.md): A simplified account of the Crusades: why Europeans travelled to the Holy Land, what they found there, the cultural exchange between Christian Europe and the Islamic world

## 4. Grade 5: The Medieval Period to Early Modern World · Construct and express claims that are supported with relevant evidence from primary and/or secondary sources, content knowledge, and clear reasonin

- [Vocabulary: historical thinking](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-historical-thinking/index.md): Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is

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Credit: The structure of Louisiana academic standards: Social studies (https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/academic-curriculum/2022-k-12-louisiana-student-standards-for-social-studies.pdf?sfvrsn=df396518_12); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.